Hat-pin.



PATENTBD APR. 80, 1907.

M. LOWY,

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1906.

MORRIS LOWY, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3( 1907.

Application filed November 28, 1906. Serial No. 345,507.

To all whom it vim/y cancer/1 Be it known that I, Moimrs Lowr, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in HatPins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hat pin for securely holding a ladies hat to the head of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a bottom view of a hat provided with a pair of the hat pins; Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the hat pin; Fig. 3 a top view thereof, showing the parts in a dii'l'erent position; Fig. 1 a side view thereof, and Fig. 5 a detail of the keeper.

From a head project a suitable number of resilient needles 11, three of such needles being shown. The head 10 is also )rovided, below the central needle, with a orwardly extending straight prong 12 that is shorter than the needle and is deflected downward to diverge therefrom, (Fig. 4). The needles 11 engage a keeper 13, adapted to be secured to a hat 14 by a pin 15. This keeper is provided with a pair of parallel flanges 16 which are perforated for the reception of the needles.

In use, two of the keepers are secured to the hat rim at diametrically opposite points. When the heads 10 are pulled outward, the

needles will be withdrawn from the hat crown and simultaneously drawn toward each other, (Fig. 3). \Vhen the heads 10 are pushed inward, the needles will enter the hair of the wearer, during which operation they will spread laterally, (Fig. 2). As the needles are thus thrust into the hair, the prong 12 will be simultaneously thrust into the hat rim, so that a positive and reliable locking of the hat is eil'eeted, and any looseness or wabbling is prevented.

I claim:

1. A hat pin composed of a head, a series of resilient needles and a diverging straight prong secured to the head, and a keeper engaged by the needles, substantially as speciilie d.

2. A hat pin composed of a head, a series of resilient needles and a diverging straight prong secured to the head, a keeper having a pair of perforated parallel l langes engaged by the needles, and a pin removably securing the keeper to a hat, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this 27th day of November,

MORRIS LOW Y. \Vitnesses VILLIAM SenULZ, FRANK V. BRIESEN. 

